The Advantageous Army Footlockers

Army is a fighting force that primarily fights on land but it may also include

other branches of the army such as air force, navy and field army and all the

soldiers need a storage box

as efficient and effective as

they are, to store their

belongings. The name

footlockers came to be

known because they were

a type of locker which was

located at the foot of a soldier’s bed or bunk. Army Footlockers are of

great importance for the

soldiers because of its variety which provides suitability with all the needs of

army men. Different types of footlockers are as follows:

Trunk: A wooden box, generally much larger than other kinds of luggage.

Trunks come in smaller sizes as in the case of footlockers and larger ones

called steamers. These days’ trunks are more commonly used for storage than transportation. Items large enough to require a trunk are now usually shipped

in transport cases.

Crate Footlockers: It is a large wooden container for transporting goods. It

can also be defined as a container made of plastic or metal divided into small

sections for transporting goods.

Steel Trunks: These Metal

Trunks guarantee the durability

and sustainability of the steel

with the wide range of variety

such as Camouflage Trunk,

Marine Corp Trunk, Regular

Steel Trunk, Patriotic (flag)

Trunk, etc.

Decorative Trunks: These trunks are designed in such a way that it can

imbibe the artistic sense of the user. Different types of decorative trunks are

Cedar Trunk, Finished Cedar Trunk, Doll Trunk and Fin. Espresso Cedar

Trunk.

Officer Footlockers: These are amongst those footlockers which are of the

best shape with metal stripping along all of the corners, edges and leather

handles on both sides.

Plywood Footlockers: These are the most common type of footlocker used

by the U.S. Army. They generally follow similar size and designs, undergoing

only minor cosmetic changes in color and materials (from 1⁄2-inch-thick

(13 mm) plywood to 1 1⁄4-inch-thick (32 mm) plywood, depending on war

material needs and desire to reduce weight and cost of manufacture and cost

of shipping).

Hence it can be concluded that these footlockers are planned and designed

by paying attention on all the comfort and security measures such as, the

corners are reinforced with straps of metal riveted to the locker, and had thick

wooden handles on both sides for lifting by hand. After World War II,

collapsible metal handles would replace the protruding wooden grips, so that

each footlocker occupied less space and could be packed tighter for

transportation.